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Opinion and analysis of spaceflight, exploration, policy, and strategy, by Anthony Colangelo.

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T+252: NASA Selects Blue Moon for a Second Lunar Lander, But is Facing a Grim Budget Reality

NASA selected Blue Moon as the second human lunar lander for Artemisโ€”which is awesome!โ€”yet the budget outlook for the next few years isโ€ฆnot good. I think through what NASA can, should, and might do in the face of a grim budget reality.

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T+251: Finance and Business Strategy (Live from Space Symposium 2023)

Live from the Redwire booth at Space Symposium 2023! I discuss the business and finance side of spaceflight, with Caleb Henry (Quilty Space), Peter Beck (Rocket Lab), and Jonathan Baliff (CFO, Redwire).

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T+250: LEO and Lunar Commercialization (Live from Space Symposium 2023)

Live from the Redwire booth at Space Symposium 2023! I discuss the commercialization effort of LEO and the Moon with Angela T. Hart (Manager, Commercial Low Earth Orbit Program Office, NASA), Dr. Molly Mulligan (Business Development, Redwire), Jana Spruce (VP of Spacecraft, Firefly), and Kevin Foley (Program Director, Commercial Space Projects, Boeing).

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T+249: Space Symposium Round Up Plus Drop-In Guests (Live from Space Symposium 2023)

Live from the Redwire booth at Space Symposium 2023! I discuss news, announcements, and happenings from the conference, then talk with a trio of drop-in guests: Sean Bedford (Director of Business Development, Astrobotic), Mike DeRosa (Co-Founder & CMO, Gravitics), and Jason Hopkins (Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Crescent Space).

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T+248: Space Policy (Live from Space Symposium 2023)

Live from the Redwire booth at Space Symposium 2023! I discuss current space policy topics with Lori Garver (former Deputy Administrator of NASA), and Karina Drees (President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation).

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